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Long Distance Mom: Not Even Past
I’ve seen two films recently that reflect on the lives of women who work away from their children for jobs...
'Hotspots' and international scientific collaboration
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011: Innovation and Growth in Knowledge Economies report was released on 20 September...
Of tulips and jobs
I recently re-read Charles Mackay's classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions. It contains perhaps the best-known account of the Dutch tulip mania...
College Sports and Our Winter of Discontent
Periodically in the world of intercollegiate athletics, we cycle through a set of controversies, changes, and challenges that cause our...
5 Things I No Longer Wish to Own
Is this desire to shed ownership of things a life cycle story, a digital story, or something else? Do you...
The View from Fifth Grade
“I have a locker!”You forget what’s important when you’re ten.TW and I went to the parents’ open house at The...
On Being a Feminist Role Model in the Classroom
Lee Skallerup “Is it always like this?” This question came from one of the three male students in my 50+...
Dilemmas of Expansion: Can the Brazilian government assure the quality of new institutions?
Brazilian education has expanded very rapidly in recent years, due mostly to private institutions, that now account for 75% of...